Qin Nian
Dong Hu's wife bent over the kang, glanced at the soles of Mrs. Dong's feet, then moved forward and took another closer look.
I was so happy in my heart, but I didn't dare show it on my face.
"Mom, the needle is broken."
"The needle broke?"
Mrs. Dong was surprised: "Is the broken leg in your heart?"
"It's not even in the middle of the broken leg, you can still see a little bit from the outside. Pull it out quickly, or it will be gone in a moment."
How can this be tolerated?
Mrs. Dong pointed her finger at Li Erhui and said, "Just wait for me. Just wait for me.
"My dear wife, please help me get rid of the broken needle."
Dong Hu's wife tried several times, and Mrs. Dong was in great pain.
"Mom, my broken needle is too short and my fingernails are too short to pinch the needle and pull it out.
What should I do? The needle will break in a moment."
"Useless things, can't do anything."
Mrs. Dong called out to Dong Bao's wife, "Old Third Wife, you come and try."
Dong Bao's wife was a hot-tempered woman. After getting on the kang, she picked up Mrs. Dong's feet and placed them on her knees.
I pressed the flesh next to the broken needle with my left hand, pinched the broken needle with my right fingernail and pulled it hard, and it finally came out.
Mrs. Dong held her foot and cried for a while, then went down to the ground and got a wooden stick: "Where is Li Erhui?"
Li Erhui ran away a long time ago and went back to her parents' home. If you have the guts, go chase her home and give her a beating.
Even though Dong Jiaxi's son doesn't dare to go head-to-head with Li Erhui's five brothers who have the same father.
While the Dong family was in turmoil, the Geng family's courtyard was unusually lively.
Sun Dalei walked up to Qin Nian and said, "Xiao Nian, if you need help with the renovation of your house, just let me know.
My injuries have almost healed, and I have received relief food. I have plenty of energy and can help."
Qin Nian was very happy about Sun Dalei's change: "Okay, I'll come to you when I need help."
She laughed: "Brother Sun, isn't it better to live like this?"
Sun Dalei nodded and said, "I have been going up the mountain these days. Although wild vegetables are extremely hard to find, the mountain is so big that I can still dig a handful every day.
It's also good to mix it into cornmeal porridge, which is much better than lying on the kang like a lazy man every day."
After saying this, Sun Dalei scratched his head embarrassedly.
Mrs. Li laughed and said, "Sun Dalei, as a bull, you have to be a door-holder, that's how you act like a man."
Qin Nian laughed so hard that she doubled over. She didn't understand why Mrs. Li liked to call men "niuniu balls".
Mrs. Li glared at Qin Nian: "What's so funny about this?"
I turned my head inadvertently and saw Geng Feng trying hard to hold back his laughter. He pointed at him with a wooden stick:
"Geng boy, quickly put these bricks in order."
After saying that, he walked into the house arrogantly, holding the wooden stick.
At dawn of another day, five people from two families finished their breakfast and started to dig up the house.
Let’s rob Qin Nian’s house first. Qin Nian and Li Pozi live in the west room of Geng’s house, and Ye Meizi lives with them.
Geng Zhenhai and Geng Feng live in the east room.
Geng Zhenhai said that he and Geng Feng could build the house without planning to hire anyone, with Qin Nian and Ye Meizi helping them.
Even if it takes two months to complete, it will only be August, when the weather is not yet cold. This way, we can save the cost of hiring people.
The bricks that were removed were transported outside the yard and kept for use.
Geng Zhenhai and Geng Feng were really good at work. In just one morning, they had demolished Qin Nian's house and half of the wall soil had been pushed out.
When we were working hard, Yao Hua and Geng Tian came.
Yesterday, Geng Zhenjiang and his two sons hunted a badger in the mountains.
Yao Hua remembered the wolf legs and wolf meat that Ye Meizi gave them, and decided to give half of the badger to Ye Meizi.
When we arrived at Dawa Village, we found out that Ye Meizi's family was going to renovate their house.
After lunch, Yao Hua went back alone, leaving Geng Tian here to help.
With one more person, a hard-working man at that, the progress was much faster.
Before dusk, all the wall bricks were pushed out of the yard and the site for the house was cleaned up.
The warehouse had been cleaned out and the rice and flour had already been moved to Ye Meizi's warehouse.
Ye Meizi didn't expect that Qin Nian's family had so much food. Even though she knew it was given by King Xuan, she was still shocked.
Then he was secretly happy, thinking how lucky Geng Feng was to marry such a capable girl like Xiao Nian.
Geng Feng and Geng Tian took iron rakes and smashed the wall soil into pieces.
Geng Zhenhai went to the field and collected a cart of hay. When he came back, he borrowed a chopper and chopped the hay into short pieces. He put the pieces into the broken bricks to be used for mixing with mud and building a house.
Ye Meizi and Qin Nian cook, while Li Pozi is in charge of making fire.
Ye Meizi chopped the half badger that Yao Hua gave her into pieces, washed it several times, and poured all the washing water onto the broken wall soil, without wasting anything.
Qin Nian put a spoonful of lard in the pot, brought it to a boil, added chopped green onions and ginger slices, and after stir-frying until fragrant, he put the badger meat into the pot and fried it.
When it starts to make crisp crackling sounds, add the spiritual spring water, cover the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat.
An hour later, the badger meat was almost cooked. Qin Nian put the vermicelli into the pot, added salt, and continued to stew.
We finished work after it got dark.
Dinner consisted of rice, badger meat stewed with vermicelli, carrot soup, and a bowl of chili sauce made by Mrs. Li.
The three grown men were sweating while eating, especially Geng Tian, who hadn't eaten rice for several years and finished a small bowl of it in one breath.
He fell in love with that chili sauce.
Mrs. Li laughed and said, "Boy, when you go back, I will make a jar for you to take with you."
Geng Tian was overjoyed: "That's great, Grandma Li, thank you.
When I kill a rabbit, I'll give you two rabbit skins to make a waistcoat for winter."
Mrs. Li waved her hand and said, "It's settled.
Xiao Nian, please go to the county town again one day and buy more chili peppers and a jar of soybean paste.
Oh, there has been a famine in recent years and no beans can be grown, but we still have to make soybean paste. The pickles in the jar are delicious.
No, I will definitely make a big jar next year. Geng Tian, then you can try the pickled watermelon rind I made.”
Geng Tian smiled and replied: "Okay, I'll wait."
Another dawn came. Geng Zhenhai borrowed two shoulder poles. Geng Feng and Geng Tian carried water while he mixed the mud.
After mixing a lot of mud, he started building a wall with stones.
Geng Feng and Geng Tianqi, Geng Zhenhai brought them mud, and Qin Nian also helped.
Geng Tian looked at the girl with sweat all over her face and a nimble and flexible body, and he envied Geng Feng very much, thinking that she was so lucky.
In mid-June, Qin Nian's house was finished. Geng Feng and Geng Tian were particularly attentive when plastering the inside and outside of the house.
It was spread so smoothly.
Mrs. Li was so happy: "Oh, you two guys have really good skills.
Wait, I will make dumplings for you at noon tomorrow."
Mrs. Li kept her word. The next morning, right after dinner, she told Qin Nian, "Go to the county town to buy some vegetables and two pounds of meat."
I have finished eating the vegetables I bought last time, and I should go to the county town to buy some more.
As soon as Qin Nian arrived at the city gate, the news spread into the posthouse: "Your Highness, Miss Qin has entered the city."
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